Good Morning! Apple has been ordered by China to remove ALL of Meta’s apps from the App Store. Discord is getting scraped by a spy site. Twitter’s Grok AI is spitting out a TON of fake news. A bunch of people googled questions about going blind after the eclipse. Google is reorganizing the Android and Hardware teams. s

And we should talk a bit about how next year’s phone chips might be even thirstier than this year’s…

Let’s get our tech week started right!

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• Beyerdynamic DT 770 Pro X Review https://somegadgetguy.com/2024/04/19/beyerdynamic-dt-770-pro-x-a-fresh-twist-on-a-classic-studio-headphone/
• Infinix Note 40 Pro+ Review https://somegadgetguy.com/2024/04/17/infinix-note-40-pro-plus-a-new-premium-look-for-a-budget-phone/
• AceMagic and Malware and Me https://somegadgetguy.com/2024/04/12/acemagic-ax16-pro-laptop-it-happened-to-me-too/
• Google’s Find My Device Going Live! https://somegadgetguy.com/2024/04/11/google-find-my-device-updated-new-features-new-design/
• Fast Charging vs Wireless Charging (with Ricky The YouTube Tech Guy) https://somegadgetguy.com/2024/04/09/wireless-charging-vs-fast-charging-debate-with-ricky-the-youtube-tech-guy/
• Innocn’s NEW gaming monitor! https://somegadgetguy.com/2024/03/29/innocn-34m1r-34-mini-led-ultra-wide-gaming-monitor-better-than-oled/
• Android 15 Desktop mode! https://somegadgetguy.com/2024/04/04/desktop-mode-on-a-pixel-android-15-developer-preview-2-and-video-output-on-the-pixel-8-pro/
• Apple is just the FIRST step in regulating big tech… https://www.patreon.com/posts/apple-is-just-in-101337005
• Can Qualcomm clear the air on X Elite? https://somegadgetguy.com/2024/04/02/its-time-for-qualcomm-to-clear-the-air-on-x-elite/
• Were Point and Shoot Cameras THAT good? https://somegadgetguy.com/2024/03/28/were-point-and-shoot-cameras-as-good-as-we-remember-them/
• The ‘Three Body Problem’ Problem https://somegadgetguy.com/2024/04/07/the-three-body-problem-problem-impressively-grand-yet-disappointingly-small/
• Galaxy S24 Ultra Camera Review https://www.patreon.com/posts/galaxy-s24-ultra-100954628
• Some thoughts on the Snapdragon X Elite https://somegadgetguy.com/2024/03/21/snapdragon-x-elite-hands-on-gaming-benchmarks-and-windows-on-arm/
• Vivo X100 Pro Camera Deep Dive! https://www.patreon.com/posts/vivo-x100-pro-my-100388934
• Unihertz Tank 3 Pro Review https://somegadgetguy.com/2024/03/15/unihertz-tank-3-pro-review-a-rugged-portable-projector-with-a-phone-attached/
• Soundcore BOOM2 is HERE! https://somegadgetguy.com/2024/03/06/soundcore-boom2-rugged-wireless-speaker-more-power-more-bass/
• Omnivision’s new Camera Sensor putting Sony on Notice https://somegadgetguy.com/2024/03/05/xiaomi-14-and-an-omnivision-camera-sensor-putting-sony-on-notice/
• People going blind after the eclipse https://www.iflscience.com/there-was-a-concerning-spike-in-certain-google-searches-right-after-the-us-eclipse-73733
• Twitter’s Grok is dumb, continues to be dumb https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/04/elon-musks-grok-keeps-making-up-fake-news-based-on-x-users-jokes/
• Discord is getting scraped by a spy site https://www.404media.co/a-spy-site-is-scraping-discord-and-selling-users-messages/
• Discord is trying to force binding arbitration https://www.polygon.com/2024/4/20/24134970/discord-arbitration-how-to-opt-out
• China demands Apple remove Meta Apps from app store https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/04/china-orders-apple-to-remove-meta-apps-after-inflammatory-posts-about-president/
• Google combines device and services team, because AI https://blog.google/inside-google/company-announcements/building-ai-future-april-2024/
• Next year’s phone chips might get thirstier again https://www.androidcentral.com/phones/snapdragon-8-gen-4-power-hungry-rumor
• Huawei has a nifty pop out camera https://www.androidauthority.com/huawei-pura-70-series-3435275/
• Juan Rambles on about AI stuff…

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